STAFF REPORTS A gift from Patti Strickel Harrison to the Texas State University musical theatre program will establish an innovative new initiative for the creation of original musicals from established Broadway composers, lyricists and book writers.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State will perform "Beautiful, Beautiful World," a musical revue that is part tribute to songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and part original staging and presentation.

Texas State's Department of Theatre and Dance will perform Tom Stoppard's 1993 Play "Arcadia" at the Theatre Center Main Stage for the rest of this week. The play touches on so many extraordinary subjects that it is...